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tedder (talk) 17:37, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Eugene SD
Hi- do you work for the Eugene SD? It's good to state your COI (see WP:COI); the edits you've been making include some information not terribly suitable for Wikipedia.
Some other guidelines:
- Don't put external links (like this link) in the article
- Don't Use Capital Letters In Section Titles (it should be "Don't use capital letters..")
- Use reliable sources in your citations, and most of them should NOT be primary sources (the school district's site)
In general, some of the changes have made the article look more like a brochure for the school district, which isn't what Wiki is for. Let me know if you have questions. tedder (talk) 01:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Tedder!
I do work for Eugene 4J, and can be confident that all of the information I have added is completely correct. I spotted several inaccuracies (e.g. closed schools still being listed) in the Wikipedia page and thought they should be corrected, then went on to expand the article from its original stub state. I've tried to provide relevant information in a neutral and non-promotional way, while feeling confident that other, more experienced Wikipedia editors would change anything they thought unsuitable, and hopefully add information from their own knowledge and perspectives!
My affiliation is clearly noted in my account information, but I'm not sure who can see that — I created an account instead of making anonymous edits as I have done (on non-4J-related pages) in the past, so the conflict of interest would be stated...but is there somewhere else I can and should list it?
Thanks for the tips on formatting — I was trying to be internally consistent within the article, and didn't realize that my formatting was contrary to general Wikipedia style. Good to know.
A n00b question for you: I made one batch of edits, correcting a whole bunch of inaccuracies in the middle school list, and also making some more minor changes to internal content. That batch of edits appeared to have been reverted in toto. So when I had a little time to add more information and make more corrections, I did it in small batches, clearly stating the content changes in the edit summary each time. What do you think? Better to do big edits all at once, or lots of small edits, so others can see clearly what is being changed? Thanks!